D'ici là - Gaëtan Rusquet

D’ici là

Performance — public space — 2009

A baroque and ghostly figure blindly crosses different locations, connecting indoors and outdoor spaces, private and public, through walking and groping. Spectators or witnesses are invited to follow them on their wanderings. Two versions of this performance exist, one by day and one by night. The daytime version's path is defined by the direction of the sun. The nighttime version is aimless, based on wandering, a loss of bearings.

This character is a kind of melancholic evocation, a spectral and hybrid presence somewhere between a human and an urban, animal figure. Disturbing in appearance, his wanderings and fumbling give him a comic, if not pathetic, dimension.

D'ici là is a site-specific work, adapting to the location, the architecture, the circulation, as well as the possible points of appearance and disappearance. The direction constraints given by the sun, as well as the people encountered by chance on the way, make each presentation of D'ici là a unique experience.

CREDITS

concept & performance: Gaëtan Rusquet

SHOWS

04.2009 - Trouble Festival, Les Halles de Schaerbeek, Brussels (BE). Two appearances, one in the Area of les Marolles, the other between Les Halles and the Nord train station.

05.2009 - Un Pas de trop Festival, Maison Folie, Mons(BE). One appearance in the center of Mons with Daylight, another one at night in the Area of the Maison Folie.

05.2009 - Festival Interakcje at Piotrkow Trybunalski (PL). One appearance at night.

04.20011 - Trouble Festival, Royal Museum for Central Africa, Tervuren (BE). One final appearance creating a path between the outside of the muséum and the inside of it. The costume is removed there never to be worn again.